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2017 Men's Water Polo Roster

1 Alex Jahns

  • Position Goalkeeper
  • Height 6-5
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Greenwich, Conn.
  • Highschool Greenwich

Biography

205062017: Named to the MAWPC East Second Team... Rams' starting goalkeeper for the third straight season... First Ram goalkeeper with three straight 200 save seasons... Named MAWPC Defensive Player of the Week three times... Appeared in 27 games, making 233 saves to go with 56 steals and 11 assists... Had 10 saves against #14 Brown (9/10)... Notched 12 saves and five steals at Navy (9/23)... Recorded 13 saves and four steals in an upset win at #18 George Washington (9/24)... Registered 10 saves against La Verne (10/6)... Recorded 14 saves in an overtime loss to Wagner (11/1)... Posted a career-high 18 saves in an upset win over #15 St. Francis Brooklyn (11/9)... Had eight stops and five steals in a win over Johns Hopkins at the MAWPC Championship (11/16)... Had nine saves in his final two games against George Washington (11/17) and #16 Bucknell (11/18).

2016: Rams' starting goalkeeper for the second straight season... Appeared in 28 of 29 games on the year, posting 208 saves and a 10.38 goals against average... Also added 16 assists and a career-high 54 steals... Named MAWPC Defensive Player of the Week twice... Made a career-high five penalty blocks as well... Had nine games of at least 10 saves... Began the year with eight saves and two steals against #11 Princeton (9/3)... Tallied nine stops and two assists against Gannon (9/4)... Had ten stops against #20 Santa Clara (9/11)... Recorded 12 saves and three steals against #12 Harvard (9/11)... Notched 11 saves at Johns Hopkins (9/24)... Had 10 saves and five steals in an overtime win over Navy (9/25)... Had ten saves in games against #10 Bucknell twice (10/1), Navy (10/2), and La Verne (10/6)... Registered nine stops and two steals versus Whittier (10/7)... Posted a career-high six steals to go with three saves against Cal Lutheran (10/8)... Stopped ten shots against Wagner (10/13)... Recorded nine saves, two assists, and four steals against Mercyhurst and then matched those nine saves against Salem International (10/29)... Had a season-high 14 stops at Wagner (11/2)... Notched nine saves and two steals in games against Wagner (11/18) and #12 Bucknell (11/19).

2015: Appeared in 33 of 35 contests as the starting goalkeeper as a sophomore… Tallied 295 saves in 126 periods, which ranks as the second highest single season save total at Fordham… Added 19 assists, 30 steals, and three penalty saves… Made nine saves and had two steals against #15 Navy (9/5)… Made four stops (including one penalty) and had two assists in one half against Gannon (9/5)… Had seven saves and a career-high three assists against Mercyhurst (9/13)… Made 11 saves and added two steals against #12 Brown (9/27)… Stopped a career-high 15 shots, including a penalty, and notched two steals against Iona (10/8)… Made 14 saves against #18 St. Francis Brooklyn (10/14)… Tallied double-digit saves in 13 contests and stopped nine shots in five more.

2014: Made four appearances in goal as a freshman... Made 15 saves to go with two steals and one assist... Made a season-high 10 saves at Iona to go with an assist (9/25)... Had three stops versus Brown (11/8)... Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team and the CWPA Scholar-Athlete Team.

Before Fordham: Two-year member of the varsity water polo team at Greenwich High School in Connecticut... Received the Most Improved Player Award as a junior... Attended Dobbs Ferry High School for two years before Greenwich... Played club water polo at the Chelsea Piers, receiving the 2013 Junior Olympics Coaching Award.

Major: Philosophy.
 
CAREER HIGHS
Saves: 18, vs. #16 St. Francis Brooklyn (11/9/17)
Penalty Blocks: 1, 10x, last vs. #16 St. Francis Brooklyn (11/9/17)
Assists: 3, vs. Mercyhurst (9/13/15)
Steals: 6, vs. Cal Lutheran (10/8/16)
 
CAREER TOTALS
Year GP Saves GAA Assists Steals Pen.Blk
2014 4 15 18.46 1 2 0
2015 33 295 8.76 19 30 3
2016 28 208 10.38 16 54 5
2017 27 233 9.06 11 56 2
TOTALS 92 751 9.43 47 142 10

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Historical Player Information

  • 1C

    2014Freshman

    Goalkeeper
    6'5"
    1C
  • 1A

    2015Sophomore

    Goalkeeper
    6'5"
    1A
  • 1

    2016Junior

    Goalkeeper
    6'5"
    1
  • 1

    2017Senior

    Goalkeeper
    6'5"
    1